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Alibaba Cloud establishes
Philippines Ecosystem Alliance to
accelerate Digital Transformation
Leading cloud provider Alibaba
Cloud aims to train 50,000
local IT professionals and
help 5,000 businesses in the
Philippines by 2023.
Alibaba Cloud has announced the
formation of the Alibaba Cloud
Philippines Ecosystem Alliance
with the vision to speed up the Digital
Transformation of businesses in the country.
Spearheaded by Alibaba Cloud, the alliance
is a joint initiative with local ecosystem
partners to promote cloud adoption and
the use of analytics intelligence among
businesses of all types and sizes. It aims
to become the country’s leading cloud
ecosystem bringing together thousands of
Alibaba Cloud’s partners and customers
who have benefited from the company’s
digitalization expertise, including supporting
Digital Transformation in the different
industry verticals, wide range of academic
research, technology innovation and
marketplace enhancement solutions.
Leo Liu, General Manager of Hong Kong,
Macau, Korea and Philippines, Alibaba Cloud
Intelligence, said: “Philippines is a booming
market with a big group of young and digital
savvy population. There is strong demand on
Digital Transformation in accordance with
local government’s ‘cloud-first’ initiative. We
have established local team and business
coverage in the Philippines and will continue
to invest in the country.”
Alibaba Cloud currently has over 20 local
partners from various industries such
as retail, fintech, media, Information
Communications Technology (ICT), business
process outsourcing (BPO), healthcare and
education. The company plans to help 5,000
businesses in the Philippines on their digital
migration by end-2023.
In line with its efforts to actively prepare
young, tech-savvy Filipinos for the
impending shift to digital, Alibaba Cloud has
also launched a series of training programs
dedicated to providing the necessary
training in IT. These include the Alibaba
Academy Program, the Alibaba Cloud
Partner Program and the Alibaba Certificate
Program. Alibaba Cloud aims to train 50,000
and certify at least 10,000 IT professionals
within the next three years.
“Digitalization will be the global economic
bedrock in the post-COVID era. This is why
we are determined to enhance our efforts in
supporting businesses here in their Digital
Transformation journeys. Through offering
our technology know-how and experience in
digitalization, Alibaba Cloud is ready to help
local businesses accelerate their growth with
the support of our partners,” said Allen Guo,
Alibaba Cloud’s Head for Philippines.
To assist enterprises and SMEs in the
Philippines to grow and succeed in a
digital society, Alibaba Cloud offers
comprehensive localized cloud solutions
and products in the Philippines, including
leading products in computing, storage,
data base, cloud network, cloud security,
analytics and Artificial Intelligence fields, as
well as solutions on new retail, fintech and
digital media.
For example, Alibaba Cloud worked with
telecommunications giant PLDT, to provide
hybrid cloud and security solutions for
eSports matches during the 30th Southeast
Asian (SEA) Games, delivering high-speed
connectivity and efficient handling of highvolume
online traffic.
“We are delighted to have joined forces
with Alibaba Cloud as we leverage on its
proven track record and experience as the
Asia Pacific’s biggest cloud service provider.
Alibaba Cloud has developed a wide array of
solutions across the cloud ecosystem. We are
looking forward to fortifying this partnership
and co-operation as we face this new era of
cloud modernization,” said PLDT Enterprise
and International Data Regional Head for
Asia Pacific, Jeff Mendoza. •
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